Precision silicon MEMS oscillators replace quartz

摘要

The timing component is the heartbeat of electronic systems and it can have a significant impact to the performance and reliabilityrnof the system. Today there are three main reference-clock oscillator choices for modern electronic systems - quartz oscillators, silicon oscillators without a resonator (LC based), and MEMS resonator-based silicon oscillators. Even though quartz technology has been successfully deployed for over 60 years, more advanced silicon timing solutions have started to replace quartz products in all application segments.